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What is a miracle ?
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What is a miracle ? People use the word miracle in many different ways. Was the mission to the moon a miracle or technology, is the birth of a baby a miracle, would cloning a person be a miracle? The dictionary defines the word miracle as being 'something that cannot be explained by rational means'. However there are many things that we can explain today (space flight, television, the movement of the planets etc...) that could not have been explained 50, 100 or 200 years ago and there may be things that we cannot explain today that will be explained in 50, 100 or 200 years. So are miracles things which we consider 'impossible' such as a person who has been brain dead for 24 hours suddenly getting up or if your cat started doing the housework! In the bible miracles are seen as something else they are seen as signs of...
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